Notes From The Road

To get to Yangshuo from Zhangjiajie, we first had to get an overnight train to Luizhou. We arrived at 5:15am but the lovely train warden thought we needed half an hour to prepare, so woke everyone up at 4:45!! We…

After a pretty uneventful few days in Guiyang, it was time to head to our next stop on our six week adventure through China! Our train was scheduled to arrive in Zhangjiajie around 4.30am, but luckily there was a delay…

DAY ONE It was another long journey to reach Guiyang from Dali – we took an overnight train to Kunming first, which arrived at 5.45am. We left again at 8am, arriving in Guiyang at 5pm, ready to sleep. Unfortunately,…

DAY ONE: Hello hot tub! As there is no direct train from Emeishan to Lijiang, we picked up an overnight train to Kunming, had a four hour stopover and changed on to a much shorter train to Lijiang, a total…

DAY ONE After a quick two days in Leshan, it was time to move on to neighbouring city Emeishan. We headed to the train station and for a measly £1.50/ US$1.88, bought ourselves a ticket. With the ride only taking…

DAY ONE: Dodgy buses, dodgier hotel rooms and EPIC noodles! We allowed ourselves a lazy start to the day after being woken up at midnight and again at 5am by noisy roommates. When we finally dragged ourselves out of…

DAY ONE: Dodgy taxi drivers and veggie ‘ribs’ We arrived into Chengdu (from Xi’an) at midday and decided to take a taxi to our hostel. We knew that the taxi should be around 15RMB and got into the taxi…

I’d read about the vegetarian lunch ceremony at the Aidao Monastery before arriving into Chengdu and was keen to check it out. It wasn’t something I’d usually do, and I’m usually not so great with throwing myself into situations…

We spent three days in Xi’an, checking out the top tourist attractions which included the famous Terracotta Warriors, Goose Pagoda, and the Bell Tower. Being obsessed with food, I was very keen to explore Xi’an’s Muslim Quarter which is…

Feeling rough… Two months into our nine month travels, and seven days after arriving in China, it was time to take our first trip to the hospital! I really thought it would be me first; being so clumsy, I…

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I'm Alys, a full time explorer and vegan food blogger :) I've just finished working my way overland from Europe to Hong Kong (via Russia, Mongolia & China) and am now travelling around New Zealand!
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